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arXiv 1909.05075stat.MLcs.LG
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多武装匪徒Gittins指数的实用计算

Practical Calculation of Gittins Indices for Multi-armed Bandits

Lancaster University(兰卡斯特大学)

James Edwards

摘要:

Gittins指数为经典的多臂强盗问题提供了一个最优解。使用它们的一个障碍是人们普遍认为它们的计算非常困难。本文给出了一种计算多臂强盗Gittins指数的通用方法,并详细研究了Bernoulli和Gaussian报酬的情况。伴随着易于使用的开源软件,这项工作消除了计算在这些常见的设置中使用Gittins索引的障碍。

英文摘要:

Gittins indices provide an optimal solution to the classical multi-armed bandit problem. An obstacle to their use has been the common perception that their computation is very difficult. This paper demonstrates an accessible general methodology for the calculating Gittins indices for the multi-armed bandit with a detailed study on the cases of Bernoulli and Gaussian rewards. With accompanying easy-to-use open source software, this work removes computation as a barrier to using Gittins indices in these commonly found settings.

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